Well I've made it home for the summer and it's time to start tearing this thing apart. I will begin tomorrow, but yesterday I took it to the dyno. Laid down 503 / 1215. I was very pleased with the numbers, but the knocking is getting worse to it's time to take it apart.

 

Quote " I will say this staying up till 1am then up at 5 for work is killing me."

 

Welcome to my world, that's pretty common for me working shift work at the mine 11 hour shift plus an hour travel time 4 days a week and then taking care of all of my own personal business and my Mother in laws farm and my exercise routine of 1-1.5 hours per day everyday "Actually hit a milestone 2 days ago 1.5 years without missing a single day of working out". Been really bad the last month since I am prepping a house for sale my sister and I inherited from my mother, just hit the market yesterday so now we wait.

 

Doesn't get easier the older you get either.

 

You need to video the event of the first fire up, I don't want to miss the bellowing smoke you are going to see at start up.  You forgot to show pics of the proper piston ring orientation on the pistons before install too, could you get some pics of that for us?

 

Doesn't get easier the older you get either.

 

You need to video the event of the first fire up, I don't want to miss the bellowing smoke you are going to see at start up. 

Yeah... I have lost almost all help from my dad due to allergy attacks, and my brother goes to bed before 9. My brother helped pull everything, but it's been pretty much a solo job except for putting the new parts in the engine and dropping it in the truck.

 

You just want to see it smoke from my lubed up pistons

Dude, I'm so jealous! This thing is like my dream engine build! I could never manage to do something this in depth, I'd definitely have to take it to a shop and get it done! Looking forward to the first start up!

So when can I drop my truck off???

i'd get a comb for the AC condenser. then use some cardboard to protect it while working on the truck., else looks AWESOME!!!! talk about a labor of love.

Hey TF, did your farming get rained out?

Dude, I'm so jealous! This thing is like my dream engine build! I could never manage to do something this in depth, I'd definitely have to take it to a shop and get it done! Looking forward to the first start up!

Thank you! It's definitely been in-depth!

 

So when can I drop my truck off???

I'll start taking trucks when I graduate!

 

i'd get a comb for the AC condenser. then use some cardboard to protect it while working on the truck., else looks AWESOME!!!! talk about a labor of love.

A new one is already on the way. You can't see it in the pics but the bottom is bent under really bad. Guessing previous wreck or something.

Thanks for the compliment! It's turning into a love-hate relationship now haha.

 

Hey TF, did your farming get rained out?

We haven't farmed for almost a week. Consistent rain every night.

 

 

So I got everything together..... Filled oil, pushrods in, valve lash set, serpentine belt on, pour some antifreeze in it and it dumps it out of the pump weep hole. Just my luck I guess. I'll try again tomorrow.

I would help if I was in state at the moment. My dad was fighting the rain too... his hay got wet.

How easy was it to find that leak with the black paint?

As soon as it started leaking I knew what it had to be... But surprisingly it was easy to seewhere the antifreeze started!

haha my bad luck must be rubbing off on you.

Don't be rubbing your bad juju off on me Nick! Tonight is the night though

 

I did find out my bed isn't going to be done this weekend.... So I did buy a 1999 second gen half ton with a blown head gasket last week that I may try to drop a motor in and re-sell later. For now I think I'll throw that bed on the truck so I can start breaking the motor in. I don't want it sitting sitting for the next week so I guess the truck is going to be Red and Blue for at least a week.

Put a white bumble bee stripe on the bed.

I thought about it.... MERICA!

IT RUNS!!!!! Video coming later. Barely any smoke, surprisingly.

 

This thing runs soooooo smooth. I only ran it for five minutes (Per Hamilton instructions.) But it's nice to know it's running and seems to be running properly.

Sweet.. guessing your doing the quick leak check, oil pressure check, and off to the races for the cam break-in.

IT RUNS!!!!! Video coming later. Barely any smoke, surprisingly.

 

This thing runs soooooo smooth. I only ran it for five minutes (Per Hamilton instructions.) But it's nice to know it's running and seems to be running properly.

 

May I ask why? Why only 5 minutes and then shut down?

It's part of the break-in procedure cam. They want the initial 5 minutes at 1200-1500 rpms to ensure that the cam hardens, and then recheck the valve lash. Not enough oil pressure or rpms can kill a cam right away so it is quite important.

 

Typically additional ZDDP is also recommended, especially if the break-in will be done on CJ oil. I ran Hamilton's ZDDP additive on my initial oil change and ZDDP Plus on my 3 Delo changes. When I went back to my regular Amsoil CI 4+ AME I stopped using the ZDDP additive.

yeah those new cam lobes and tappets need to mate together and in that process they hammer themselves and generate heat.  makes sense

Edited July 10, 20159 yr by CUMMINSDIESELPWR

yeah those new cam lobes and tappets need to mate together and in that process they hammer themselves and generate heat.  makes sense

If they lose contact other than oil film pressure between them and hammer there are bigger issues at hand............................